A sculpture that has generated controversy since its placement next to the city offices East Maumee Street on April 21 will be relocated.

The “Blue Human Condition” sculpture’s new home will be in Yew Park on North Winter Street across from the Citizens Gas Fuel Co. Blue Flame Room, Adrian City Administrator Shane Horn said Monday. The piece is scheduled to be moved sometime Tuesday, April 29, weather permitting.

The Yew Park site was chosen to allow the sculpture to continue to be publicly accessible.

“We felt it would be a better place, still viewable but in a lesser traffic area,” Horn said.

Yew Park has been used in the past to display other sculptures, Horn said.

The sculpture, created by Mark Chatterley of Williamston, is one of seven in the city’s 2014-15 Art Discovery public art program. The sculpture depicts seven human-like, gender-neutral figures in varying standing and seated positions. One of the figures is looking toward the ground with the top of its head in the pelvic region of one of the standing figures.

“I am glad Adrian still wants to keep the piece but I am disappointed that they are moving it,” Chatterley said in an email. “For one thing it was protected by being close to the police station. (Another) is I had secured the work to hold up for a (year’s) time so it will not be easy to move.”

Chatterley thanked those who have spoken out in support of the piece. He said it gives him hope that there are those besides “narrow-minded” people who think their way of thinking is the only way.

The statue was covered with a tarp after some residents complained about its perceived sexual innuendo. Chatterley denied his work of art had any such connotation.

The sculpture was uncovered as of Monday afternoon.

Horn said he recognizes people on both sides of the matter will not be satisfied with his decision, but he said he feels “it’s a fair resolution.”

Horn said he appreciated residents’ constructive feedback on the matter last week.